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The Quiet Extinction of the African Penguin: 62,000 Starved to Death in a Single Year

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In the cold waters off the coast of South Africa, a species that has survived for millions of years is dying at a rate that alarms even the most seasoned conservationists. More than 62,000 African penguins starved to death in South Africa’s major breeding colonies over the past year — the latest in a decades-long […]

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South Africa Launches 200 Billion Dollar Investment Drive to Revive a Stalled Economy

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President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the sixth South Africa Investment Conference in Johannesburg on March 31, 2026, unveiling an ambitious nearly \00 billion investment initiative aimed at breaking a decade of near-zero economic growth and tackling South Africas unemployment crisis – a problem so severe that more than one in three South Africans who want to

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The Rise of Africa’s Local Retail Champions: How Shoprite, Carrefour and Homegrown Brands Are Fighting for Supermarket Supremacy

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The battle for Africa’s supermarket shelves is heating up in ways that are rewriting the rules of retail on the continent. A new in-depth analysis from The Africa Report reveals a retail landscape where global giants like France’s Carrefour and South Africa’s Shoprite are fighting hard to maintain their dominance — but where local champions

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South Africa Cuts Fuel Levy as Iran War Drives Pump Prices to Crisis Level

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South Africa’s government has announced a temporary three-rand-per-litre reduction in the general fuel levy — effective for one month — as the fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran pushes domestic fuel prices to levels that are squeezing household budgets and threatening economic activity across Africa’s most industrialised economy. The reduction, announced jointly by the

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